ATSC Implementation Guide For The Mobile Emergency Alert System Provides Roadmap For TV Broadcasters Launching Service

Posted on November 13, 2013 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Enhanced Service Can Deliver Video, Audio, Graphics, and Text to Mobile EAS-equipped Device WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2013 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) today published a new “Implementation Guide” as a valuable resource for TV stations preparing to deploy enhanced mobile emergency alert capability The new handbook, developed by the ATSC […]

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Ballot Report

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Revisions of two important ATSC standards were approved within the past few days and are now published on the ATSC Web site. Revision of A/90, “ATSC Data Broadcast Standard.” The initial version of A/90 was approved in July 2000. A couple of years later, an amendment and maintenance corrigenda were developed and approved. Last year, […]

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ATSC Onstage at CEA Ultra HD Conference Coming Nov. 12

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Next week, the Consumer Electronics Association and TWICE magazine are staging a Manhattan conference on Ultra High-Definition Television, the consumer-friendly name for 4K displays that are now widely available across the land. ATSC President Mark Richer was invited to be a panelist at the event, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]

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Dolan Named TG1 Chairman

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2013 Long-time industry expert Michael Dolan has been named Chairman of the ATSC’s Technology and Standards Group 1 (TG1).  Dolan assumes the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Richard Chernock, Chief Science Officer of Triveni Digital, whose three-year term as TG1 Chairman expires at year-end. Dolan, currently an industry consultant sponsored by […]

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ATSC Issues Dominate 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC-related activities were front and center at the 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium held on Oct. 9-11 in San Diego. The BTS Administrative Committee decided this year to break with a many decade tradition and move the symposium out of the Washington, DC area, and they will be on the road in the coming years. With […]

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Member Profile: Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Member Profile When Anthony Vetro started working at Mitsubishi Electric in 1996, he focused primarily on the design of video decoders. At the time, Mitsubishi was working together with Lucent Technologies on developing an integrated HDTV chip set including demodulation, demultiplexer, audio and video decoders and display processing functions (for more information click here). That […]

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ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer Picks Up Steam

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

For a deep dive into technical proposals for the physical layer of the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard, the ATSC hosted a three-day workshop last month where proponents conducted detailed tutorial presentations. This very special meeting of the ATSC S-32 Specialist Group brought together experts from around the world who pitched their ideas to a packed […]

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Digital TV Pioneer Wiley Honored

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Former FCC Chairman Joins ATSC’s Flaherty, Paik as ‘Giants of Broadcasting’ The Honorable Richard E. Wiley was honored at the 11th annual “Giants of Broadcasting” (giantsofbroadcasting.com) gala, sponsored by the Library of American Broadcasting in New York City on Oct. 16. As Chairman of the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service from 1987-1996, he […]

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Presidents Memo

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Saluting ATSC’s Leaders “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations,” wrote management consultant Peter Drucker on the subject of leadership. Those words bring to mind sacrifice for the greater good and the comfort of […]

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Affordable Mobile Alerts Content Manager

Posted on October 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Serving Up the Affordable Mobile Alerts Content Manager By Jay Adrick, Harris Broadcast, Chairman ATSC Mobile EAS Implementation Team Broadcasters, hardware manufacturers and software suppliers are making great progress on developing the “Content Manager” for the ATSC-standard Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS).  It’s a software-based solution designed to integrate with a station’s existing emergency alerting […]

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